About Us
Credit: Beth Intro Photography
Credit: Beth Intro Photography
We are your
Toco Hills
mental health
initiative
Our Mission
To empower the Toco Hills Orthodox community by offering a nurturing forum for mental health dialogue, resources and support.
To cultivate a community where mental health is openly discussed, compassionately supported, and holistically nurtured, becoming a model for other tight-knit communities to emulate.
Our Vision
Our
Story
Victor Frankl, the Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, explained in his therapeutic approach called logotherapy that a person’s response to hardship is often “Why Me?” but the way to make meaning out of hardship is to instead ask “What Now?”
We define our “What Now” as Hineni: Toco Hills Mental Health Initiative.
So what is Hineni?
We’re a Toco Hills-based Orthodox community initiative dedicated to enriching mental well-being through tailored resources, educational events and heartfelt community dialogue. We are a community-wide partnership sanctioned by the leadership of each organization with a lay leader representative from every shul and school serving the neighborhood.
Due to traumatic events in our community, we founded Hineni to proactively address some of the multifaceted issues of mental health and wellness. Our goals include education, destigmatization, coordination of mental health related events, and partnering with community mental health professionals.
From Left to Right: Rabbi Avi Levitt (Atlanta Jewish Academy), Rabbi Chaim Freeman (Netzach Israel), Rabbi Adam Starr (Ohr Hatorah), Rabbi Shmuel Khoshkerman (Ner Hamizrach Orthodox Sefardic Congregation of Atlanta), Rabbi Ilan Feldman (Beth Jacob Atlanta), Rabbi Yale New (Chabad of Toco Hills and CMCH Elementary and Middle School), Rabbi Meir Cohen (Torah Day School of Atlanta), Rabbi Meir Neuberger (Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael of Atlanta), Rabbi Dr. Don Seeman (New Toco Shul). Not pictured: Rabbi Avraham Shapiro (Temima High School for Girls).
Photo by Beth Intro Photography.
Meet the Team
CHAIRS
Debra Shaffer Seeman
New Toco Shul
Sheila Jutan
Congregation Ohr HaTorah
HINENI TASK FORCE
Erika Benarroch
Ner HaMizrach Orthodox Sephardic Congregation
of Atlanta
Miriam Cann
Congregation Beth Jacob
Chuck Diener
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael of Atlanta
Erika Benarroch
Ner HaMizrach Orthodox Sephardic Congregation of Atlanta
Miriam Cann
Congregation Beth Jacob
Chuck Diener
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael
Nataly Fleishman
CMCH Elementary and Middle School
Rebekah Genauer
Atlanta Jewish
Academy
Sheila Jutan
Congregation Ohr HaTorah
Marcy Kalnitz
Torah Day School of Atlanta
Liora Posin
Netzach Yisrael
Debra Shaffer Seeman
New Toco Shul
Natasha Vayner
Chabad of Toco Hills
Chaya Wohlfarth
Temima, The Richard & Jean Katz High School for Girls
Nataly Fleishman
CMCH Elementary and
Middle School
Rebekah Genauer
Atlanta Jewish
Academy
Sheila Jutan
Congregation
Ohr HaTorah
Marcy Kalnitz
Torah Day School
of Atlanta
Liora Posin
Netzach Yisrael
Debra Shaffer Seeman
New Toco Shul
Natasha Vayner
Chabad of Toco Hills
Chaya Wohlfarth
Temima, The Richard & Jean Katz High School for Girls
FAQ
Hineni is entirely volunteer run. We have no paid professionals working in the organization. Many Orthodox institutions serving the Toco Hills community have nominated a representative to serve on the Hineni Taskforce. Learn more about them here.
Check out our events page here.
Hineni is always looking for volunteers. Please click here to let us know about your areas of interest.
Absolutely, thanks for asking. We are a 501(c)3 and are financed entirely through monetary and in-kind donations. Click here to learn more about available sponsorships.
We’d be happy to review all of the suggestions that you have. Send them our way at [email protected].
No. If you are in a crisis, call 988 or 911 (ask for a crisis trained team). Here is a list of crisis support contacts.
Didn’t find your answer?
Hineni does not provide medical, legal, or therapeutic advice or services. We provide general information as a service to the community. The information provided is not a recommendation, referral or endorsement of any resource, therapeutic method, or service provider and does not replace the advice of medical, mental health, legal, or educational professionals. Hineni is not responsible for any information or services provided by third parties.
